Dormant Volcanoes

Active volcanoes have erupted recently. A dormant volcano isn't erupting right now, but
vulcanologists expect it could erupt at any time. Extinct volcanoes haven't erupted for tens
of thousands of years, and aren't expected to erupt again.

What makes a volcano dormant?

Volcanoes go dormant because magma from the Earth's mantle can no longer reach
the volcano. For example, in Hawaii, the line of islands are slowly moving to the northwest.
Meanwhile, the supply of magma stays in the same place within the Earth, which currently
happens to lie beneath the Big Island.

The dormant volcanoes found in the Philippines are Mt. Apo and Mt. Isarog. The former,
which is located in Mindanao, is Philippines' highest peak at 9,689 feet.

DI KO SURE

(ALERT 1) Mayon Volcano is the Philippines' most active volcano and is considered to be the
world's most perfectly formed volcano for its symmetrical cone. It is a basaltic-andesitic volcano.
The upper slopes of the volcano are steep averaging 35-40 degrees and are capped by a small
summit crater. Its sides are layers of lava and other volcanic material. Mayon has had forty-seven
eruptions in recorded history.
The first recorded eruption was in 1616, the last major eruption ceased on 1st October 2006,
although a devastating lahar followed on 30 November 2006.
The most destructive eruption of Mayon occurred on February 1, 1814. Lava flowed but not as much
compared to the 1766 eruption.
PHIVOLCS is closely monitoring Mayon Volcano and any new development will be relayed to all
concerned.

(ACTIVE) Kanlaon volcano (also spelled Canlaon or Canla-on), the most active of the central
Philippines, forms the highest point on the island of Negros. The massive 2435-m-high andesitic
stratovolcano is dotted with fissure-controlled pyroclastic cones and craters, many of which are filled
by lakes. The largest debris avalanche known in the Philippines traveled 33 km to the SW from
Kanlaon. The summit of Kanlaon contains a 2-km-wide, elongated northern caldera with a crater
lake and a smaller, but higher, historically active vent, Lugud crater, to the south. Historical eruptions
from Kanlaon, recorded since 1866, have typically consisted of phreatic explosions of small-to-
moderate size that produce minor ashfalls near the volcano.
The volcano has three hot springs on its slopes: Mambucal Hot Springs on the northwest, Bucalan
Hot Spring, Bungol Hot Spring. Its adjacent volcanic edifices are Mt. Silay and Mt. Mandalagan,
north of Kanlaon.
On August 10, 1996, Kanlaon erupted without warning.
In the 8 days from 23 August to 1 September, 2009, 257 volcanic earthquakes were recorded. Usual
seismic activity during quiet periods is 0 to 4 quakes in any 24 hour period. Epicenters of the
recorded quakes were clustered at the north-west slope which may indicate movement of an active
local fault at the slope induced by pressure beneath the volcano. Surface observations did not show
any significant change in the steam emission from the crater."
A 4 kilometre Permanent Danger Zone (PDZ) is maintained around the volcano, because sudden
explosions may occur without warning. Phivolcs continuously monitors volcanic activity at Kanlaon.

(INACTIVE) Mount Balatukan is a massive compound stratovolcano. There are no historical

eruptions on Mount Balatukan. The age of its last eruption has not been studied, although some lava
flows on the sides of the mountain are determined as Pleistocene. Fumarolic activity is present on
the mountain, but its form displays extensive erosion.

Mt. Malindang

(ACTIVE) The symmetrical Matutum stratovolcano rises to 2286 m in southern Mindanao, NW of

Sarangani Bay. The summit of the andesitic-to-dacitic volcano is truncated by a well-preserved 320-
m-wide crater that is breached by three gorges and has a 120-m-deep, densely forested floor.
Widespread silicic pyroclastic-flow deposits surround the volcano, which overlooks the major city of
General Santos. The youngest pyroclastic deposits were dated at about 2000 yrs BP. A report stated
that Matutum volcano was "smoking" on March 7, 1911 (Neumann van Padang, 1953). The Akmoan
and Lianan thermal areas are located on the WSW flank of the volcano.

(INACTIVE) Mount Santo Tomas is a stratovolcano with numerous volcanic vents and fissures.
Mount Santo Tomas Benguet is close to the auriferous volcanic placements near Baguio, and beside
the fault line which occasioned the July 16, 1990 earthquake devastating much of Luzon, and
especially Baguio.